Movies like Equilibrium
If Equilibrium's mix of martial arts, resistance and dystopia stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Equilibrium's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Escape from New York
1981 · Directed by John Carpenter · 99 min7.0
Why you'll like itShares: martial arts, dystopia, anti hero · Also action and thriller
In a world ravaged by crime, the entire island of Manhattan has been converted into a walled prison where brutal prisoners roam free. After the US president crash-lands inside, war hero Snake Plissken has 24 hours to…
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Nineteen Eighty-Four
1984 · Directed by Michael Radford · 113 min6.8
Why you'll like itShares: dystopia, fascism, totalitarian regime · Also science fiction and thriller
Winston Smith is a government employee whose job involves the rewriting of history in a manner that casts his fictional country's leaders in a charitable light.
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Terminator 2: Judgment Day
1991 · Directed by James Cameron · 137 min8.2
Why you'll like itShares: dystopia, urban setting · Also action and thriller
Ten years after the events of the original, a reprogrammed T-800 is sent back in time to protect young John Connor from the shape-shifting T-1000.
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V for Vendetta
2006 · Directed by James McTeigue · 132 min7.9
Why you'll like itShares: dystopia, fascism · Also action and thriller · From the same decade (2000s)
In a world in which Great Britain has become a fascist state, a masked vigilante known only as “V” conducts guerrilla warfare against the oppressive British government.
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The Terminator
1984 · Directed by James Cameron · 108 min7.7
Why you'll like itShares: dystopia, urban setting · Also action and thriller
In the post-apocalyptic future, reigning tyrannical supercomputers teleport a cyborg assassin known as the "Terminator" back to 1984 to kill Sarah Connor, whose unborn son is destined to lead insurgents against 21st…
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Serenity
2005 · Directed by Joss Whedon · 119 min7.4
Why you'll like itShares: martial arts, dystopia · Also science fiction and action · From the same decade (2000s)
A group of rebels travel the outskirts of space evading the sinister Alliance regime. Their lives of smuggling and cargo-running are interrupted by a psychic passenger who harbours a dangerous secret.
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Demolition Man
1993 · Directed by Marco Brambilla · 115 min6.8
Why you'll like itShares: martial arts, dystopia · Also action and science fiction
In 1996, brash L.A. detective John Spartan and maniac killer Simon Phoenix are both sentenced to decades in a cryogenic prison as punishment for a rescue mission gone wrong.
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Elysium
2013 · Directed by Neill Blomkamp · 109 min6.5
Why you'll like itWith William Fichtner · Shares: dystopia · Also science fiction and action
In the year 2159, two classes of people exist: the very wealthy who live on a pristine man-made space station called Elysium, and the rest, who live on an overpopulated, ruined Earth.
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Death Race
2008 · Directed by Paul W. S. Anderson · 105 min6.3
Why you'll like itShares: martial arts, dystopia · Also action and thriller · From the same decade (2000s)
Terminal Island, New York: 2020. Overcrowding in the US penal system has reached a breaking point. Prisons have been turned over to a monolithic Weyland Corporation, which sees jails full of thugs as an opportunity for…
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Repo Men
2010 · Directed by Miguel Sapochnik · 111 min6.3
Why you'll like itShares: dystopia, anti hero · Also action and science fiction
In the future, medical technology has advanced to the point where people can buy artificial organs to extend their lives. But if they default on payments, an organization known as the Union sends agents to repossess…
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The Dark Knight
2008 · Directed by Christopher Nolan · 152 min8.5
Why you'll like itWith Christian Bale · Shares: anti hero · Also action and thriller · From the same decade (2000s)
Batman raises the stakes in his war on crime. With the help of Lt. Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman sets out to dismantle the remaining criminal organizations that plague the streets.
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The Matrix
1999 · Directed by Lana Wachowski · 136 min8.3
Why you'll like itShares: martial arts, dystopia · Also action and science fiction
Set in the 22nd century, The Matrix tells the story of a computer hacker who joins a group of underground insurgents fighting the vast and powerful computers who now rule the earth.